Wednesday, July 15, 2015

July 15 – On this day in Montana
history in 1933 the famous Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park
was dedicated. A crowd of about 5,000 people gathered at the summit of Logan
Pass. Part of the event was a ceremony involving the Blackfeet, Kootenai and
Flathead Tribes. Tribal leaders passed a peace pipe between them signifying an
official end to traditional enmity that has separated the tribes. National Park
Service Director Horace Albright the road gives all people access to see “the
glory of Glacier’s peaks and crags.” In summary he said: let there be no
completion of other roads with the Going to the Sun Highway. It should stand
supreme and alone.” It still does.